Search Results: Authors starting with F from Mac Donnell Rare Books

[TWAIN, MARK] [Clemens, S. L.] Lincoln Farm Association. LINCOLN FARM ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATE. [n.p., n.d., printed in 1906; issued 1906-1909] Certificate, 9 1/2 x 12 inches, broadside. A handsome example. An appeal for funds to save Lincoln's birthplace had been sent out in 1906, signed in type by Twain and others. This certificate was sent to those who made donations in response to that initial appeal for funds. This handsome certificate has an engraving of Lincoln at top center (the now familiar portrait that later appeared on the five dollar bill) and contains the facsimile autographs of the original… Read More

[TWAIN, MARK] [Clemens, S. L.] Flanagan, John. MARK TWAIN, CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTH... New York: Medallic Art Co. [1935] Bronze paperweight issued for the Mark Twain centenary with portrait of Twain sitting in chair smoking a pipe in relief, with smaller images of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn with an aphorism between them: "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." The Medallic Art Company hallmark appears on the lower rim. The American sculptor John Flanagan (1865-1952) designed this piece, and it bears his initials. Flanagan studied under Augustus Saint Gaudens, and was one of the leading… Read More